The Promised Land Sugaree Cassidy Row Jimmy Mama Tried Tennessee Jed Looks Like Rain Scarlet Begonias Lazy Lightnin' -> Supplication Peggy-O The Music Never Stopped
Set 2
Playing In The Band -> Saint Stephen -> The Wheel -> Playing In The Band Reprise Samson And Delilah Crazy Fingers -> Stella Blue Around And Around -> One More Saturday Night
Notes:
-- All disc changes are seamless
-- Patch source recorded with mics placed at soundboard
-- Thanks to Joe B. Jones for his help with the pitch correction
Reviewer:
Dean1067
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August 8, 2024 Subject:
I don't think so
If Jerry is "suffering" he definitely played one of the most heart felt "Peggy-O" that I've ever heard him play. A must hear in my opinion for anyone
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that loves Jerry's music!!
I don't think Jerry is out of tune, pretty sure he forgot how to play the song over their break as he is suffering in just about every version of the song
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from 76. Great jam though
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August West74
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October 11, 2023 Subject:
Looks better on paper
Not the best of this tour. “Peggy-O” in the first set is a nice surprise since the setlist for this tour was severely limited for whatever reason. I’m
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not sure what happened during the set break but the second set has some serious issues in the “Playin”. The band is not in sync at all and it sounds like Jerry is horribly out of tune. The jam starts off promising but fails to go anywhere and everything after it is just…okay. Of course this is just my opinion. I’ve been consistently listening to all these 1976 shows, starting with the Portland, OR run for the last month or so, a new show every day - or just about. The ones prior to this show have more to offer. However, the mix is excellent. Charlie Miller did an excellent job of transferring too, as usual.
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Monkeypaws
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June 27, 2023 Subject:
Deserved inclusion in the June 1976 box
Both Tower Theater and these 4 shows in Chicago are as good as any of the 5 shows included. Why 2 from Boston and NY and 0 from Philly and Chicago? Oh
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well, Dave knows best with the tapes at hand. This is an excellent show.
This is one of my favorite Dead shows. Some may prefer other shows in this June/July 76 run, which is valid! Jerry's playing is really on point throughout
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here. I think Keith and Donna both contribute a lot in this show as well. This Sugaree is my all time favorite, mostly due to Jerry's delicate, sophisticated and melodic solo breaks - the whole band seems to come together for some of these moments. Unbelievable melodies from Jerry here, IMO. St. Stephen and Row Jimmy are also favorites here.
Reviewer:
happytrails
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January 19, 2021 Subject:
Like Clem sez... Whoa!
As often happens... my mind drifts off onto other tasks while supplication is meandering in the background. Its penetrating my consciousness, but only
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bit by bit... Then, Whoa!
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clementinescaboose
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April 22, 2018 Subject:
The transition from Wheel > Playin reprise
Whoa.
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March 25, 2018 Subject:
4-Night Chi Opener
I mentioned this before -- between the '69 and '71 Chicago visits -- but listening to the band on 7/25/74 and then on 6/26/76, you have to say it again:
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what a difference two years make! In the years between, the dead added the following songs to their repertoire: help->slip!->frank (6/17/75), sage & spirit, music never stopped (8/13/75), the wheel, might as well, lazy lightning->supplication, and samson (6/3/76). Dancin’ in the streets was radically rearranged, as was they love each other and friend of the devil, now, in new, slowed-down format. (This "Grateful Dead Guide" does a fine job charting song debuts from 66-77, http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2009/09/dead-song-debuts.html.) I gotta say: I just love this sound. The first night of the run opens with a strong version of promised land, followed by a sweet sugaree. Like cvenez says, in a review on a different archive stream of the same show, "This year may be my favorite for Sugaree." Of course it has something to do with the sound. Cvenez, again, re: June 76: "tight yet free flowing, laid back yet engaging." The rest of the first set fits this vibe, but the real highlights are found in the second set. The pitb->st stephen->wheel->pitb sandwich is delicious. Check out Bobby cracking up from 1:10-2:10, donna wailing 1:51-1:57, then popping off at 2:46. Double dose of Jerry (Crazy Fingers->Stella Blue) followed by double dose of Bobby (Around and Around->One More Saturday Night) to close.
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April 4, 2017 (edited)
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Never stopped rockin'
I have been hopeful of finding a good set list with equally good sound. I can say this is the Rx the doctor ordered. When the sound is right ---and it
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is right on! You can really grok just how together this band is. Given they are just getting their groove back on and making the adjustment back to two drummers, This is some kick butt rock and roll. Good 1st set. The PITB goes into a total meltdown nearly twice then eases every so gently into St. Stephen. Playin>Stephen>Wheel>Playin! Good SAMSON. Crazy Fingers>Stella blue Sound gets even better in beginning of Crazy Fingers. (does bridge between Fingers>Stella sound like ATTICS!) Strong 5. -this is a super hot show with great sound! (rest of set is fairly predictable for the time period.) Very loose and laid back Round & Round...
First Set Ill start by saying I have always enjoyed shows from ’76 and this is no exception. The boys have a pretty lackluster start with Promised
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Land, and I noticed that the mix seemed a little off to me. I think adjustments were made during the tune and by the start of Sugaree everything seemed to be just exactly perfect….Speaking of just exactly perfect, two of the main highlights of the show are right here….A beautiful Sugaree and Cassidy. Back to back these are really well done, and once again Jerry shows us how great his voice really was in ’76. He nails them both and goes right into a very good Row Jimmy. I though jimmy was good, but not as good as Sugaree and Cassidy. Mama Tried, Tennessee and LLR were OK, but really not to much out of the ordinary….Scarlet was well done and I have to say was a little impressed with Donna and the way she has held back thus far in the show. Her contributions are good and not so over the top yet….LL>Supplication I simply cannot stand. I have hated this combo since the first day I laid ears on it…Its just me and my distaste for Discorock Bobby…Eww…On to Peggy-o and a phenomenal one at that..This is exactly how this tune should sound…AAhh ’76, the year of the Jerry ballad…This Peggy-O is a thing of beauty, definitely one for the ages….TMNS, kinda dogshit…Real uninspired way to close an otherwise pretty damn good set… SET 1 Highlights: Sugaree, Cassidy, Peggy-O Second Set Playin' In The Band-> Stephen>Wheel>Playin reprise The beginning of this jam sounds almost like Jerry is playing it in a different key or something, and as soon as I noticed that I heard the Bobby flub and then they dropped in about the 3 min mark…So, needless to say I was a little put off at the beginning of this one, but the ensuing jam(s) turned this one around almost right away..You get about 12 minutes of the the first Playin which is jammed out very space-like, and at the ten minute mark it almost sounds like they are doing haunted house noises or some shit, but it melt very nicely into a very heavy, drippy version of Stephen…I don’t think I have ever heard the tune done this way, but it is a great compliment to the spaced out Playin that preceded it…The crowd was also all over this one….The second Jerry played the Stephen riff ever so slowly, the crowd went nuts…Jammed very well with a nice little transition into Wheel. Again, Donna is not too over the top, which added to my enjoyment. Reprise was alittle lackluster but overall this was a good one…Very trippy indeed.. Samson was Samson, and then came the real highlight of this show, the Crazy Fingers> Stella….Man, where to begin with this super smooth heaviness..Give and take between Jerry and Kieth, Jerry’s vocals and the super mellow pace make this little combo a dynamic duo to be reckoned with…Just packed with emotion and as heavy as they come…If you listen to nothing else from this show, listen to this combo…Its sure to please. Also, I have to mention this funked out Round and Round…Slow and funky, and really different. I enjoyed it and usually this song does nothing for me. Sounded like they were having a great time with it, and they turn it up about ten notches with a minute or two to go, and speed right to the end. Interesting. A pretty average OMSN and US Blues rounded out a show with some real moments of brilliance surrounded by otherwise average playing. SET 2 Highlights: Playin Jam; Crazy>Stella combo All in all a very good show with some really high points…I give this one a B to B-, but it had so much more potential. Good show.
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March 20, 2011 Subject:
Tower was rehearsal for Auditorium
As good as the preceding Tower Theatre shows were, something very special must have happened June 25, 1976--the band's only rest in 9 nights. This show
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is the first of a magical run at the Auditorium Theatre and through the rest of 1976. Jerry and Keith play as one. ...__[8]o
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September 27, 2010 Subject:
Supplication
Lyrically this Stella is heart-wrenching, and Keith absolutely steals it, so much so that Jerry is content to merely mingle among Keith's keys rather than
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overshadow them . . . one of my favorites, with 6-15 and 7-18 of the same year. For Jerry ballads, you just can't get any better than 76!
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